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This entry needs updated as Frank Miller has just signed on to adapt and direct a film based on this comic.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.171.65.16 ( talk • contribs) .
The movie has been out and that section is awfully incorrect —Preceding
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I'm not sure why the following trivia, which is only partly cited, was inserted way up in the article's lead. Aside from everything else, the vagueness of the claim seems very out of context. The Spirit and the Phantom are so incredibly dissimilar, it might be that Eisner was kidding, or perhaps just referring to his character's name, or something else. The following needs to have a full citation and more context to make full sense and be encyclopedically useful:
According to an interview with Lee Falk done by Comic Book Marketplace, Will Eisner once told Falk, creator of famous comic strip The Phantom, that the Spirit was a send-up of the Phantom, although the characters have very little in commong except the fact that they both wear masks.
-- Tenebrae 02:22, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
The second paragraph says it chronicles an “anonymous” vigilante. The first paragraph says his real name is Denny Colt. He’s clearly not anonymous. Is it simply that no other characters in the comic know his real name? Or do they even know him as the Spirit? -- Rob Kennedy 19:31, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Good point. How's that? Carlo 21:06, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
The original Sprit image was just switched for another, very recent pic. My opinion is that it ought to be reverted (the previous one had class and an anchor in history, this new one is to me.. quite ugly) How do other watchers of this article feel? MURGH disc. 17:18, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
Recentism is a bit too common in comics articles. While I can understand why we go with the most recent when it's not easy to tell if there's a certain definitive depiction of a subject, Eisner's work is the definitive depiction of the Spirit, and excluding Ebony White because he's uncomfortable to deal with today smacks of revisionism. Tht said, is there actually any disagreement here? I've stuck the Reed Crandall image back for the time being since it's contemporaneous with Eisner's work, but we really need an Eisner image there. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 16:21, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
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Howcome this article is named "The Spirit" and not Spirit, like Joker (comics)? Personally, I think all all articles about characters with names of the sort should be titled like this one, but I know most wikipedians think it'd be a bad idea. Which characters get to keep the "The"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.155.3.160 ( talk • contribs)
Why no Sand Saref Article ?-- Brown Shoes22 03:10, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
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BetacommandBot ( talk) 05:34, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
I am curious as to why this was moved. "The Spirit" is specifically against WP:NCC/THE, which was the reason this, and dozens of other similar articles, are named as they are. I see no discussion here on the move and no mention of any changes in the Comic Projects Naming Conventions (which would have importance for an awful lot of articles). ( Emperor ( talk) 00:53, 26 June 2008 (UTC))
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the article seems to really stretch to whitewash the obnoxiousness of Eisner's treatment of that character. He chose to draw the character as more simian than human. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.229.62.47 ( talk) 04:29, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Which "groups" commended him? Given the timeframe, not too many "groups" would have been to truly criticize/commend his work. 63.165.50.227 ( talk) 19:23, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
The "commended" phrase comes in a direct quote from a mid-1960s article in what was then one of the country's leading newspapers. That's a suitable reliable-source statement.-- Tenebrae ( talk) 21:45, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
This section really seems to be more a question versus adding any information. It should be moved to the Discussion page. 63.165.50.227 ( talk) 19:17, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
There was no discussion on this talk page about it — only between two editors. One or two editors can't unilaterally decide to merge or separate articles. We have templates for that: Go to Wikipedia:Template_messages/Merging and please go through the consensus process. -- Tenebrae ( talk) 03:54, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
Before I put a note at WPC: Propesed moves, merges, and splits, the editors who are in fact proposing this ( Tealwisp and TTN) need to put merge-proposal tags on the articles in question. If we're going to do this, let's please do it properly and in the consensus-approved fashion. -- Tenebrae ( talk) 16:24, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
Well, after seeing Miller's shit sandwich, does Spirit have one or not? ( JoeLoeb ( talk) 22:05, 12 April 2009 (UTC))
This might be considered trivia, and it might not even be specifically encyclopedic, I don't know. But the 69th book of the series about The Destroyer (fiction), Blood Ties, by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir, which is also about an adventure hero whose career starts after he "dies", mentions that the grave the main character of the series, Remo Williams, is allegedly buried in is next to that of a "D. Colt", who died in 1940. I have to assume that this is a fairly obvious reference to The Spirit. Anyway, I thought it at least deserved mentioning. John Carter ( talk) 14:26, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
Did anyone notice that the Spirit was seen at a party in an issue of Batgirl: Year One? He was being pushed around by Killer Moth's henchmen. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.142.171.26 ( talk) 14:35, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
Just a quick question: he has been tagged in the DC character category. So is he owned by DC comics now? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.140.179.238 ( talk) 19:00, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
No idea - DC has "Will Eisner Library" listed as an imprint, so possibly. NP Chilla ( talk) 00:09, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
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The current image does not meet the WikiProhject standards for an infobox character image, which is supposed to be a straightforward shot showing the character's most common outfit, and with as little background or foreground clutter as possible. Aside from the clutter issue, this image doesn't not show him in his blue trench coat and hat. It needs to be replaced. Anyone have any suggestions? I can come up with a couple myself, but it's better to have more community input.-- Tenebrae ( talk) 03:20, 11 December 2020 (UTC)